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Re:Tesla sues former employees for allegedly stealing data, ... by dragonwriter on Thursday March 21, 2019 @03:19PM (#19456254)
> It's the same issue that Waymo ran into with Uber: whatever the former employee may have done, the new employer isn't liable for anything if they don't actually use that misappropriated information.

Didn't the Waymo-Uber suit end up with Uber settling by paying a quarter billion dollars (in equity, but still)? Doesn't seem like Waymo ran into any fatal liability barriers.

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Re:Tesla sues former employees for allegedly stealing data, ... by ABCLAW on Thursday March 21, 2019 @04:16PM (#19456796)
>Didn't the Waymo-Uber suit end up with Uber settling by paying a quarter billion dollars

Yep. They did.

In fairness, though, Waymo did run into difficulties during the litigation in respect of tying the misappropriated documentation to Uber itself, though.

I don't think the difficulty was fatal, but I don't think either side was looking forward to a long and protracted discovery fight to prove the point while Cruise et al. were sitting on the sidelines sniping secrets.

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